August 13, 2016

... you can talk about anything you like. Have a good Saturday! I'm posting an old photo that I noticed because somebody at Flickr just "liked" it and I can't seem to get Flickr to accept something else that I'm trying to upload. It's that kind of day, perhaps. It's overcast and cool, in a pre-rain sort of way, but the forecast says no rain.

I want to talk about Trump's silly claim (set forth in the usual vague Trump way) that voter fraud threatens the outcome of the presidential race. It is another stupid Trumpism and as such, Althouse is likely to avoid it.

But as a Republican who cares greatly about defending voter i.d. laws, and who has a very low regard for early voting rules and same-day voter registration, I fear that Trump is going to screw up yet another good Republican issue.

Wide majorities, across party and racial lines, all support voter i.d. laws. It ought to be a winning issue for Republicans. Unless Trump's rhetorical clumsiness screws it up.

"Chuck said...I want to talk about Trump's silly claim (set forth in the usual vague Trump way) that voter fraud threatens the outcome of the presidential race. It is another stupid Trumpism and as such, Althouse is likely to avoid it.

But as a Republican who cares greatly about defending voter i.d. laws, and who has a very low regard for early voting rules and same-day voter registration, I fear that Trump is going to screw up yet another good Republican issue.

Wide majorities, across party and racial lines, all support voter i.d. laws. It ought to be a winning issue for Republicans. Unless Trump's rhetorical clumsiness screws it up."

So let me recap. You like voter ID laws, and don't like early voting, but think Trumps an idiot for saying fraud threatens the POTUS race.

That is amusing to me, because I actually am one of those people. A Republican National Lawyers Association election day volunteer poll watcher. I've been doing it for longer than Donald Trump has been a Republican.

If any Trumpkins wish to do this in Detroit, chances are fair that I will be your supervisor.

No; I just don't trust Trump to advocate for any policies or laws that I care about. He's careless and stupid reckless in his choice of words. I expect him to say something that will set back the cause(s) in which I believe.

And talking trash along the lines that "100 per cent," if he does not win Pennsylvania, it will be because of vote fraud, is just an embarrassment to my side.

That is amusing to me, because I actually am one of those people. A Republican National Lawyers Association election day volunteer poll watcher. I've been doing it for longer than Donald Trump has been a Republican.

If any Trumpkins wish to do this in Detroit, chances are fair that I will be your supervisor.

That's nice. I hope you can do your job despite the negativity you feel towards the Republican candidate. Depending of course on what you conceive "your job" to be that day.

Unknown; I am credentialed, and there are rather precise rules for what credentialed poll watchers can and cannot do. Advocating for or against any particular candidate is one of the things we cannot do.

At the same time, I am a rules advocate for my party. And my party will have about thirty candidates on a typical southeast Michigan ballot. They all mean something, even if I have serious doubts about the presidential candidate.

Right, but I imagine part of your job is to call out the opposition on violations. If you're not enthused about Trump, perhaps you'll let stuff slide? Are you too full of your sense of Duty? Or would it be too hard to let them violate on Trump while keeping your local candidates defended? I don't mean to be cynical but I guess I am. You certainly seem as if you would do him any harm within your power.